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EVENING BULLETIN, HONOLULU, T. H, SATURDAY, APR. 22, 1911.
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AMONG AUTOMOBILISTS OF THE WORLD
ADVERTISING TRIP Of E. J. SIDNEY
WITH SCHACHTCAilS IS SUCCESS
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Finds Old Schacht Owned By David Lawrence Still Running
After- Five Years' Service Sure of Cars and Will Uncl
. ertake Demonstration Around Island .
That llio Schacht enr Blanils up and
does the work year alter year Is ovi-1
ilenced by an old high-wheeled mn-
chine of this coniiany which Is now.
owned by David I'. Iirenco at Ku-
Hill Quarantine Station nul wjhlch '
today Is giving entire satisfaction. I
The car mentioned, a cut of which
appears on this page, was brought to'
Honolulu yeurs ngo by Schumuii Car- j
rlage Company, and since that time
has bad Several owners.
It was when tbo company were
building automobiles along carriage .
lines that this machine was brought
to Honolulu, and although it ban been
In use longer than almost any car
In this city It Is still doing Its work
day after day.
Mr. Lawrence has owned tho car
for BOirio time' and he Is well satisfied
with Its work.
"The reason that previous owners
have sold tho car was that they want'
ed something mote presontlous," said
Mr. Lawrence. "Tho machine goes
as well today us when It was new
mid will do us haul' work us ever
"I am perfectly satisfied with the
car and bellevo It w.Hl do mo several
enrs longer," Is the' way Da.ve I-aw-reneu
s'eaks of the old Schacht.
K. J. Sidney, local representative
of tho Schricht Company was glad to
find this car several days ago as It
was Irrefutuhlo evidence of tho thor
oughness of the Schacht construction
and duV.iblllly In motor vehicles as
well ns carriages.
"That old car can still go some,"
said Sidney after a visit to Kallhl to
look It over.
Mr. Sidney was so Interested in tho
machine that he took soverul photo
graphs of It which ho will send back
to tho factory to show I'lesldent Henry
Schacht that theio Is one , of tho old
er cars out In the IMcillc doing good
work still.
"I am well satisfied with tbo Inter
est which has been exhibited In tho
new cars have brought to Hawaii,"
said Mr. Sidney In discussing the
Schacht today.
"Several residents of Honolulu have
como to me making Inquiries after
seeing tho cuts of the car published
In the I) ill let In and 1 hae given
several jlemonstratlons to prospective
OQOD ROADS
Chalmers 30 Used Over Worst
Roads in United States
Successfully.
The "Times Dispatch" of Richmond,
Va., has been conducting u good roads
campaign In thp Old Dominion, 'This
campaign Is now welt under way and
tneio is every piosect that vligl
nla wilt soon enjoy as good roads 11.4
any state In the union; hut the task
bus been a long one and Is by no
means cqniplcted at this time.
It was realized, of course, that thq
only way to get gjod roiuls through
out the slate was to bring them up to
tho motor car itandard. A Chalmers
"3Q" was chosen as a scout car unit,
according tp tho "Times Dispatch,"
has done some good work In the ixj.nl
Improvement .service. Tbo following
Is quoted from tbo Itlehmond "Times
Dltchpatch":
"Soma Idea of tho condition of the
roads, may bo imagined when It Is
stated that the Chalmers '30' bioko
the 'tecord' In a run fiom Louisa to
Itlehmond over liS miles In 3 hours ami
23 minutes. This Is one of tho worst
country roads In the United States.
While acting as good roads car the
eamo Chalmers. '30' cnvcied over 900
tulles of uorbt roads In the stato ami
iurcbnc.rs nil of whom were entirely
satisfied with tho car shown them,
whether tho speedster or the touting
car.
"I know what tho Schacht car will
do and bow It will stand up, and for
that reason I will ilemonstintn tho
speedster around the Island, If re
quested by u iiersoii who wishes to
buy this tyiK of car. I don't think
an) one could ask for n stronger proof
of tho car's nullity on the road or hills
than such a test. It Is a hauler test
than would Jie given ;iny plane In the
United States, and I don't think tbo
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The old and the new old high-wheeled Schacht owned
by David Lawrence and still running, and 1911 40-h. p.
Schacht "speedster, one of the cars brought to Honolulu by
E. J. Sidney.
did so without one dollar of repair PAnil I AP EQTAHI IQUCO
cost, It Is an Indication Hurt, our l'ftUlLL'"-' tb I ABLIbHtb
toads nro being steadily Improved NEW SHIPMENT RECORD
when its own lecords In Ihu good
''"weren't visitor at the Chalmers , Tl'" '"ld of, l',B ,"0"tll of Mrc"'
faultily was (leorgo II. Ishtim of New u"""1 ",l Manager V. C. Lelutid,
llriiuswlck, N. .1.. 'who has Just finish-.Sales Manager 13. It. llenson and the
eil an SOUii mllo trip throfigh the wesUutiiciiaitlueiit chiefs of tho Cadillac
Mr Itdiaiu left New Ilriiuxwlek. N. J Motor Cur Couiiaiiy well pleased with
last .lul, dilvlng Ills Chalmers "30" the month's business,
to Detiolt and lliinugh Michigan.! . "TI10 Cadillac Company has had
eventually going to Mllnnukco mid fiWMy B,M, lllomm, Hall Mr Lelatid,
then... to Minneapolis After n May .., t , j t c, , h , t,
or a week or so In Mlnneniiolls ho , ,. ' . " """"" ""
made a trip tli.ough'tho Dakota. In, ll ' ' ' ' "K l"'l "'r Hhlpmenta to
South Dakota ho .lckel up u frtcml.' laI"1 IJJl v,,ri- wnlel' 1h u Iluw rec
also the drUer of a Chalmers "3(t,""r'1 f'"" llH. '"'IB "ro than onn huu
uud together Ihcy cinilluiuM to Kl ded curs In excess of any previous
I 1'iiMi, 1 ex., nini ineiico norm 10 i.os
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niiKuifH. .mi iniiiuii niivni i" winj
tcr louilng through California ami Is
now on his way buck to Now Uiiins
wlck. He has kept an accurate account of
all of. his eiciihes dining the trip
mid sajs that tho ChalmerH "30" bus
averaged for tho enlliu KOoO miles. 13
mlcs to thu gallon of gasoline. Pre
vious to starting this trip 'Mr. Ishain
had d.lven his car 2000 miles. Ho lmh
" i T!ll "'fi" . "' 'Xi'-'fo "" ""
car In Hie total of 10,000 miles.
I'Udiiy. Jiiiui so. has Imm.ii derided
llM)t iiH llif Hair of (he lliirnril-1 alu
hunt inn- ut Sow London thh yuu
Ilitrntil lutfvrml niul liopnl YiiIp
w iiiiltl holcct J inn j it. hut Yul took
the next lu This nivalis Unit tin"
nice will if iiivh'h iiTOLimiui aim
Will Rllll l illJIIllL IILIULIV 111 111U 1111L1 .
JET-BULLETIN ADS I'AY-JC
dealers hcio nro In tho habit of de
monstrating their cars uroiilul such a
course "
During tho thor tlmilm has been
licit) Mr Sidney hns alined nt n maxi
mum of publicity as bN dip Is In tho
nnltuo.or an advertising rather than
a selling tilp. and ho expresses him
self as- satisfied that tho eoplo of
Honolulu know Minieihlng of the car,
as lunch as would bu ioxslblu" In the
shoit time that be has been here.
Several good runs have been mado
by .Mr. Sidney mound the Island with
each of the cars, and trips Into the
country.
" It costs but n fraction more- to
run a forty horse-iower car than It
dons to run a twenty or thirty," said
Mr. Sidney. In shaking of I1I9 cars
"mid the additional power In 11 caso
of necessity tunic, than balances this
slight Increase of cost of operation
"With tho forty a person can get
there and back and can climb any
thing around Honolulu without over
shirting, tho gear from tho high and
with no casing of tho clutch.
"This Is what has surprised many
people who havo ridden with me."
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inuiiui. 1 110 prices 01 inn curs, in-
i...ii .,
i - iiiuiui; me equipment, average close
to $I'JU0 each, making tho month's
business clo to two and one-half
million dollars. The best feature of
all Is that exory cur waB shipped on
a honu lido sale."
Unless something unforeseen hap
pens Adolph Wolgast can rest con-
tntltiwl fill lllil III. Ill ll... Ilrl, t tl. ........
Nn( of d ral,d(,n,c,-
for lh coveted cown huvo tho 1Z
to beat him They may talk all tboy
please about Ki ankle Hums, Owen
m Knockout lliown, One Hound
llogau ami tho rest of them, but tho
ihaiiiploii lH "the class" of the bunch.
He may not rank with tho champions
of other dan, but uovcithf less lie U
eiioil iiiiniii'li In tiiku nil thlu liminli it
8()1 11VC, JU,ak ove. ,lu loI1(,
I luutu.
Not nil inotiiihieiiiiil piovurlculors
do b islncss in the marblu yuids.
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ANTI-SKID TIRES
NECESSARY
Michelin Tells How to Use
Them In Most Econom
ical Manner.
In n recent Interview J Hnuvettc
Michelin, head of the hlg tire works
nt Mllltown, New Jersey, stnted that
tho greatest drawback to a more gen
eral use of antl-sklds In this country
has been the added com, as the motor
ist already has a complete set of rubber-tread
tires, which he does not
want to discard. "As a. matter of
fict," continued Mr. Michelin. "four
Antl-Skld tires are not necessary, on
ly two being required to assure safe
driving under nit road conditions. One
nntl-skld should be fitted on one of
the front wheels, and one ou the
opposite rear .wheel. If tho driver
sits on tho rlghL side, then the best
disposition or tho nntl-skld tires Is
one on the right front wheel and
. one on the left rear wheel, but If the
car drives from'the loft side, like IteoJ
cars anu rorus, inen rue unwsKius
should be fitted to the left front and
right rear wheels. Uf course tho two
rubbor tread tires that are removed
whou the nutl-sklds are fitted may
be kopt for spares fur the two whoeU
still carrying ordinary tires.
"The advantages of the tire equip
ment suggested, ure, first, safety be
cause the two .antl-sklds prevent ac
cidents due to skidding when driv
ing on wet or muddy or Ire-covered
roads, and second, tho two rubber
tread tires hold firmly on bard dry
pavements. Then again the economy
of the Michelin combination Is appar
ent, only two antl-sklds being requir
ed Instead of four Users of small
or medium powered cars are now en
ablcd to adopt nntl-sklds at a moder
ate Investment. Of course drivers ot
heavy limousines and other high pow
ered cars have always used them.'
The Michelin Company, which pro
ducer! the first successful anti-skid
tires flvo yearn ago, makes a steel
studded leather tread tire that Is at
unco practically puncture-proof and
non-skidding, besides geing resilient,
becuusu the rubber side walls are not
endued by tbo tough, though llexlhle
leather tread. Using two of these
tires, as suggested by Mr, Michelin,
Instead of four seems to polva thu
skidding problem In a satisfactory utid
economical inoimwc.
BAD ROADS COST MILLIONS
L. W, Page, U. S. Director,
Gives Estimate of Enorm
ous Loss to Nation'.
WASHINtlTON. April 8. That the
United States suffers a direct loss of
( 10,000,000 annually on account of In
correct nnd Inadequate methods In tho
construction, maintenance uud admin
Utratlon of public roads, Is thu asser
tion of L, W. Huge, director of tho
United Stutes office of public roads
and president of the new American
Association for Highway Improve
ment.
This enormous loss Is nothing com
pared with the Indirect loss, through
excessive cost of trnnsKjrtatlun,
which Is caused by tho burden which
bud roads Impose upon tho farmers
and others who tisu the highways,
and this amount, according to Mr.
Page's reixirt, reaches the Impressive
total or $2S0,(KiU1UDU every year The
American fanner Is paying two or
three limes as much to get his pro
ructs to market ag the man who tills
tho ground In Kurope, and this ndded
cost of transiortatlon Is known to be
an Important factor -In tho high cost
ot living problem.
France Is said to use her flue sys
tem of roads just about one uud one
third times ns much as her railroads
for trnnsKirtatlon, whereas. In this
country, the public roads are so poor
ly maintained and administered, as n
whole that the highways carry only
between one-third uud ouo-fourlh us
much produce an tho railroads, Itoad
experts say conditions here ami abroad
aro aliuoxt exactly reverted, due en
tirely to bad roads.
Director I'agu ha described the
conditions of tho roads of thu United
Stutes, In making an announcement
that thu American Association tor
Hlghwuy Improvement has opened of
liens In Wuahlngton, Tim organiza
tion of this association followed a
conference In this city several weeks
ago ol many of tho leading road en
gineers uf the country, thu president
of Ave of tho largest rallroaiLsystems
and representatives!) of uutomoblle
manufacturers and publishing Inter
ests. According to 1'resldcnt I'ago and
other otllrers of tho organization, the
principal work ahead Is to correlate
and harmonln efforts ot all existing
oiguulzallous working for road Im
provements, to get uniform road leg
islation In every State, and to seek
continuous and systematic mainte
nance of all roads. Kvery 0110 Inter
ested In mud Improvement Is eligible
for membership. Information on ev
ery phase of the good road movement
will bu furnished lu all road engineers
Stato olllclals uud organizations te
quesllng It of tho Washington omce.
or of any members of tho board of
directum.
May It, l'J and 20 li.ivii been named
us tlie dittr-s fur the uvluthm meet ut
Ilulinout Park. On one of these das
tbo elimination race will be held for se
lecting the fastest Anierlciiii llyrs to
be Mid tu Duulaiid to ciuiipt-te In 'he
luliinatioiial nice, June 28
AUTO DOINGS IN
"Ki
LOCAL GARAGES
All Report Business Good and
Prospects for Season
Looking Up.
Tho von Hnnim-Yoiing Company re
port unusual activity In all depart
ments this week, reporting the snlo
of a 7-passcnger Packard to Mr. I. L
Tuylor; a Cadillac deml-tunneaii to
Mr. P. W. Hardy of Maul: a Stevens
Duryea Model X to Mr. James (llbb,
manager or Honolulu Plantation; a
4-cyllnder Hoick touring car to Mr.
I.. M. Itltchey'f and a White Steamer
to a prominent army man.
The Electrical Department of the
von Hamtn-Young Company Is get
ting to be greatly patronized as elec
tric cars aro becoming more ami
tnoro popular with tho ladlts or Ho
nolulu owing to their quietness and
ease ofoperatloii. Mrs. Macomb, the
wife of (lenerat Macomb, brought with
her to Honolulu a very handsome
electric car, for which she Hilda a
great deal of use. '
One of the handsomest cars which
have; ever been brought to tho Islands
Is the beautiful ft-cyllnrier Lozler car
or the TSrlnrellft type which war
brought hero on the "Slerrh" by XIr
Krodrlcks, a Son Francisco million
aire. Mr. Fredrlcks is to remain htro
until the next trip of the "Sierra" nnd
has alioady done considerable tour
ing through this Island.
Information has been received by
Tho von Hamm-Young Company that
tho next shipment of the evor-iKjpularn
Cadlllacs will be hero inside or tetichlno now In stock,
e
1911 Packard Thirty
Touring Car ,
Packard
The voi
IL
dayi Of this shipment nearly nil tho
cars have been sold.
Mr, Joseph I.lttln Is finding his now
Cadillac a great tlme-sacr In hit
business, nnd Is very much pleased
with saluo.
Tho Hiipmoblle Is fast demonstrat
ing Itself to bo one of tho handiest
cars of the small tye yet manufac
tured. Mrs, ItolM'rt I.lllto of Hono
lulu purchuserl a Hiipmoblle touring
car tills week, which Is n four-passenger
mode), Bluillar to tho car
which Mr. Gaylont purchased last
week.
At the Schuman garage the iopular
E. M. F. Is going as strong as ever
and many cuquli les Jiro made for tho
reliable machine. "Dicky" Davis Is
the proud possessor of nn IJ. M. I,
roadster and he swears by the car. To
look at Davis' machine one would
think that It was one of the highest
priced cars. The finish Is excellent
and the fittings can not bo beitteu.
"Sho inns like an aeroplane," i (-marked
"Dicky" to an acquaintance yes
terday. On the Korea, duo hero on Monday
next, there should be reveral cars tor
the Schuman garage. 1-3. M. F. ma
chines are expected and It Is isisslblc
that a Locomobile may come along,
too.
J. Pforman purchased an K. M. F.
touring car during the week and tlui
machine Is giving every satisfaction to
Its owner. Another touring car of
tho Ford niako was sold to Theisloio
Ilowman of this city. The nuto Is a
five-seated one and Is nlready doing
good work around tho town.
The Schuman garago Is being great
ly enlarged and in a week or so there
will be nmplo room for a lirge num
ber of machines. On the Kwa side of
the old garago a new building Is being
erected nnd when It Is completed the
place will be as largo and up t date
ns tiny In the city.
The Velle car Is also handled by
tho Schuman people and the) hao
fine Bpecimcu of that 1ihi or ma-
ac
Ask the man who owns-one
&&
7c5VEOTOR CARS
1&W
Motor Car Company, Detroit
Licensed under Seldeh Patent- ' "":
Hamm-Young Co.,
Local Distributors
GLIDDEN AUTO TOUR
TO START JUNE 19
NEW YOltK, March 31. Thn con
tost board of tfm 'American automo
bile nssor latlon today llxed tin- dale
of the Mart of the HH1 national r
Ilabllltj tour, known us "The Child, n
Reciprocity Tour,' for June 19 The
cars will stnrl from Washington, I)
(.'., and will finish nt Ottawa, Ont ,
June 20.
One day will In. devoted to n hill
climbing contest, Mm pcrrormaucen uf
the cars to be u rhetor lu determine
lug the final awards
The npproxlm.iti' dlstunr or thu
tour Is 1000 miles
BLIND BOY SCOUTS
I'olir pntrolK of l.lln.l II... Si nut I. m.
In-eu orgiiiili'til In tin- In, mm k lull
lllllon for the Kduciilli r tin Itlnul
lu Louisville, K i:v n lln- patrol
li-mlirs tire 1,1 It i.l. unit lln- Ihivm in -o
Hiilhuxlnxtic river the vailnus in 1 1 lll.-i
plaliniil for tin-in Hint tin . .in l-hIIi-erlug
oilier blind comrade-- Into the or
ganisation Tim iiuinr-R or the iiiiupi
lire Whip-poor-wills, the Itiicntn the
OwN. ninl tho IIuIIiIhk" Tlie p. i .1111
lull rested In the work ainoiiir tlie i.i in.l
lioyw are Itr-nr-Ailmlrnl J r' Wat'Oii.
ili.'ilriii.'ili or thn l.nnlmllli liw.il unit
roillH-ll; tleorge Kelion. Ki-uut cotitntlH
slruier, unit rilrfnrd II Martin nf tlm
Institution fur the blind The lillml
Ihivh lite iiartlclpnliug In Mirlon- klniln
nf ntlili'tlr'H, lake trumps or tmiri i
nnd tifteen milt-, unit r-mni ittniiK tht
rler They Imo Ir-annil lmll.ui -iiingn
Illld Urn Hr'illlt els The salute nw-
eer. litis liOthr red the bo-', lievau-Ti'
ttie ain't M-e Scout MuKter Mm I III
riiKKcst't Hint lis the Iidvm Kive the sa
lute they also use the wont "I low."
Mnrtln reports that since tlie .nu.HHa
tltin of these iiriiM patrols, tli, Imi
have lieen more cheerful mill lime he, n.
Htinmlatiit hy the ideulH of the orunn
iKatlnii He sat that tlie lin arr
KtrhliiK to be more helpful to on- nn
nthrr, unit that the do their ti-ki
iiboiit the Institution iiiorli inon Ik i-i -fulh
than fornu . lv
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